San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-22


Stewart, of Georgia, and Mckinney, of
New Hampshire, are the only tive ministers
in the Fiftieth congress.
Governor Hill, of New York, plays with
all the little children near the executive man
sion in Albany every day.
Millionaire Cogswell has invested 100000
in granite tomb for himself, TO lie erected
In a San Francisco cemetery.
The three sons Of Hiram Powers, the IA
nous American sculptor. live in three separ-
ate villas just outside Of Florence.
The Duke Of Sparta, Crown Prince OF
Greece, is said to be greatly in love with one
of his cousins, a daughter Of the Prince Of
Wales.
George Francis Train now permits adults
to approach and address him. For some time
he has only allowed little children TO come
near him.
The Rev. c. Cook, Of Jessup, aged e., a
preacher and drummer, was married in Sioux
City to Mrs. Curtis, widow Of As after a
courtship Of one hour.
J. L. NJ. Curry, minister to Spain, will
spend his holiday at his home In Richmond,
Va, and will take an active part in starting
the building of a new Baptist church.
The Rev. Erastus Blakeslee, OF New
Haven, Conn, has not yet decided whether
he will accept the call rendered him to the
presidency Of the Atlanta university.
Gen Imboden, of Confederate cavalry
fame, recently stated in letter that IL Vir-
ginia's mineral wealth had been as fully de-
veloped in 1860 as now there would have
been no war.
Rowland Leveson Gowen, a nephew Of the
Marquis Of Stafford, is doing the Pacific
coast. He arrived at San Francisco recently
from Hong Kong, after visit including India,
Japan and China.
Ex-Governor Rufus Bullock, Of Georgia,
says the southern people are just discover
ing what the west learned quarter Of
century ago, that railroads must be the u
oneers Of development.
Gen. Brandreth, commissary general Of
subsistence on Governor Hills staff, OF New
York, is only % years Of age. He is a son
OF the famous pill manufacturer and has a
beautiful place at Sing Sing.
Ira d. Sankey has given the land on which
the new building Of the First Methodist
church at New Castle, Pa, will stand Mr..
Sankey attended the church In his younger
days, and was superintendent Of its Sunday
school for several years.
Justice Gray, Of the United States supreme
court, is about to build new house In Wash
ington, and as the gossips can't for the life Of
them understand what he'll do with
new house without wife to manage it. they
are certain he is going to marry.
James Bowler, Of Chicago, lieutenant of
police, is making his first visit to Saratoga.
IL In, ND Of tha y,olirap,au af
Newmarket riot on May 4, 1885. One Of the
policemen fell dead into Bowler's arms after
the explosion. Of the fatal bomb.
Mai. Gen Semens, who died on the LIST Of
July in Berlin had introduced many impor-
tant improvements into the materiel Of the
German artillery. 1t was mainly owing to
his influence that Krupp guns in preference
to the English were adopted in the German
navy.
The Rev. Phillips Brooks, who is preach
ing In and about London during his vacation
abroad, fairly takes the breath Of droning
English churchgoers by bis rapid delivery.
The queen has commanded" the distin-
guished American divine to appear before her
at Windsor.
Sergt Mason, who gained notoriety for
having shot at Guiteau during his trial for
the murder of President Garfield, has become
a prosperous and very quiet farmer in Orange
county, Va He, with Betty and several
babies, is reported to be perfectly comforta-
bic in all respects
Charles Rau, one Of the curatOrs Of the
Smithsonian institution, who recently died in
Washington, was q curious character. He
had no relatives in this country and leaves
his fortune to a nephew in Germany. For
fifty years he lived the life Of a miser. He
slept and cooked in one room in the Smith
sonian building.
Pope Leo XIII is about to found an inter
national college for literature, in which the
Italian poets and authors will be studied In
an especial manner. His holiness announced
this in an audience granted to the students OF
the Leonine institute, in honor Of their recita-
tons of extracts from Greek and Latin poets
and from Dante.
Gilbert Ball is prominent colored politi-
clan of Philadelphia. He recently entered
restaurant at Atlantic City, kept by man
much blacker than Mr.. Ball Ball ordered
sirloin steak "You can't get it here" said
the dusky proprietor; eve serve only white
people" Mr.. Ball left the place in a rage,
sought a lawyer and will bring suit against
Vic HAOPA'SSNi'
William McDiarmid, who claims to be the
Coolest living printer and newspaper writer
in the United States" lives in Healdsburg,
Sonoma county, Cal. He was born in Edin-
burgh in 1872, was apprenticed to a printing
firm when he was IA years old, came to this
country in 1896, worked on various papers
in the eastern cities until 1873, when he
went to California, where, until year ago,
he used to write for the press.
John Brown, Jr., son of the Harper's Ferry
raider. is GO years old and is engaged in grape
growing on Put in Bay Island, in Lake Erie.
He is a justice of the peace of Put in Bay
township, consisting Of light inhabited islands
IN that part of the lake He has for many
years given much attention to geology, par
ticularly to the evidences of glacial action as
shown on the islands Of Lake Erie and vi
cinity.
Herr Won Lade, the famous cultivator Of
rare species of grapes at Geisenheim, in the
Rheingau, has just celebrated his 10th birth
day. He received, among other congratula-
tory letters, the following from Prince Bis
marck: 81 envy you your unfettered devo-
ton to your darling occupation in the even
ing of your life. The world Of plants is more
susceptible of the nurture bestowed upon it,
and more grateful for it, thaa the political
world. 1t was the ideal Of my own younger
years to end my days as a gray headed old
fellow in a garden, with pruning knife in
hand and free from all outside cares"